Author: C. F. WoodPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385204941
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
A Yachting Cruise in the South Seas
Author: C. F. WoodPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385204941
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
A Yachting Cruise in the South Seas
Author: C. F. WoodThe Cruise of the Janet Nichol Among the South Sea Islands
Author: Fanny Van de Grift StevensonPublisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 9780868406060
Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
In April 1890 the steamer Janet Nicoll set off from Sydney for a three-month trading voyage through the central and western Pacific. Aboard were seven white men, a crew of forty islanders, and one woman: a short-haired, barefoot, cigarette-smoking American, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, wife of the famous novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. The Cruise of the Janet Nichol is Fannys account of her journey with her husband and grown son through what are today the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands.
Kawabunga's South Seas Adventure
Author: Charles DewellPublisher: South Sea Publishing
ISBN: 9780966647204
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Dewell describes the adventure which follows when he and his wife leave their insurance jobs behind and set out on a two-year journey from San Diego to Hawaii via the Society and Marquesa Islands -- and back -- in a Pacific Seacraft 20-foot Flicka. Color and b&w snapshots of the protagonists with swaying palms lend a naive charm to the account.
Sailing the South Seas
Author: Alice DewsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781533195562
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
In this book Alice describes the many adventures of sailing across the Pacific Ocean with her husband, Dan. Before leaving they spent seventeen summers sailing and coastal cruising in a succession of sailboats ranging in size from 10 to 30 feet. In 1981 they purchased Shaula, a sturdy 28 foot cruising sailboat. Their first ocean passage from Seattle to Hawaii nearly ended their dreams of ocean sailing. Three years later they took a wonderful two-year Pacific cruise, and became converts to the cruising lifestyle.They retired in their mid-fifties, sold their car and most of their belongings, and sailed to the South Pacific on an extended cruise. They visited Mexico, French Polynesia, Rarotonga, Niue, Tonga, New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and finally Australia.The book tells of delightful weeks of trade wind sailing, including spectacular sunsets and star-filled skies. During their passages they enjoyed delicious meals of fresh tuna, wahoo, and mahi mahi caught on a line trailing behind the boat. Alice describes fabulous times with fellow cruisers, celebrating landfalls, sharing potlucks and meals on board, and exploring ashore.They had fascinating visits with friendly Pacific Islanders, learning about their culture and enjoying wonderful feasts on shore. Their favorite cruising grounds were the Banks Islands of Vanuatu, which they visited several times over a seven-year period. They were entranced by the gentle, friendly people on these small islands.During their cruise they dealt with cockroaches and rats on board, and going aground on sandbanks in the shallow waters of Australia. They experienced engine trouble, gear failure, gale force winds, huge seas, and a rogue wave.Their marriage survived through fifteen years of living and cruising on a small boat. After returning home to Seattle they continue to sail every summer in Shaula to their favorite cruising grounds of Desolation Sound.
Catalogue of the York Gate Library Formed by Mr. S. William Silver
Author: Edward Augustus PetherickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
The People of the Sea
Author: Paul D'ArcyPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824829599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Countering the dominant paradigms of recent Pacific Islands' historiography, which tend to limit understanding of the sea's importance, this volume emphasizes the flux in the maritime environment and how it instilled an expectation and openness toward outside influences and the rapidity with which cultural change could occur in relations between various Islander groups." "Students and scholars of Pacific history and environmental and cultural studies will welcome this re-evaluation of the sea's influence in Oceanic history."--BOOK JACKET.
Stewart's Hand Book of the Pacific Islands
Author: Percy Stafford AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Catalogue of the Free Public Library, Sydney, Reference Department
Author: Free Public Library (Sydney, N.S.W.). Reference DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
Catalogue of the Circulating Department
Author: Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description